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Hull are still feeling the effects of the 2018 injury issues, though, in the fourth week of pre-season ahead of the upcoming campaign.

Hull FC coach Lee Radford (Image: HDM)

Marc Sneyd (knee), Josh Bowden (knee), Josh Griffin (hernia), Mickey Paea (calf) and Chris Green (Achilles) are all not in full practice yet. Green is the only one of those players ruled out for round one of the 2019 season at Hull KR on February 1, but Radford explains that the medical staff have been happy with the progress of the club’s injured stars.

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“Greeny is a nine-month injury so when he did it we knew it would go into next season anyway,” Radford added. “We are that far away on the other lads it’s hard to say when they will be back. Players have different recoveries depending on a lot of factors.

“But most importantly with less than ten weeks to go until the start of the season, our conditioning staff are over the moon with how the rehab has gone for the players who were injured.